OPENING CEREMONY OF 4(F) WING, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE, AT BADEN-SOELLINGEN, GERMANY [Allocated Title]

Title: OPENING CEREMONY OF 4(F) WING, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE, AT BADEN-SOELLINGEN, GERMANY [Allocated Title]
Film Number: NAT 1383
Other titles: SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Attendance by General Norstad and others at opening ceremony, showing parades, flypasts and speeches made (footage is mute).
Description: General Lauris Norstad, Air Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, arrives at airport and is greeted by Air Vice Marshal Sir Hugh Campbell (Air Officer Commanding, Air Division), Air Vice Marshal Plant and honour guard. The General and his colleagues take their seats on the VIP platform to watch the ceremony, which includes parades of Canadian servicewomen and troops. plus a flypast by North American F-84 Sabre jets. Speeches are made by André François Poncet (French High Commissioner to West Germany), Air Vice Marshal Campbell and T C Davis (Canadian ambassador to Germany). General Norstad and others salute. VIPs leave after ceremony.
Alternative Title: SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
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Digitised: Yes
Object_Number: NAT 1383
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Featured Period: 1945-1989
Production Date: 1953-10-1953-10
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Production Details:North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Sponsor) Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (Production company)
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Physical Characteristics:Colour format: B&W
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